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Christopher H. Hendon

Christopher H. Hendon

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Rising Stars
2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
50
Citations
20139
World Ranking
312
National Ranking
55

Chemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
22986
World Ranking
13759
National Ranking
3569

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Christopher H. Hendon is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with a significant volume of work in materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry. Additional specialization areas include electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their scholarly output demonstrates strong engagement with topics such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), X-ray diffraction in crystallography, covalent organic framework applications, crystallization and solubility studies, machine learning in materials science, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and magnetism in coordination complexes.

They have published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ACS Materials Letters
  • Chemical Science
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christopher H. Hendon are:

  • Mircea Dincă
  • Jenna L. Mancuso
  • Carl K. Brozek
  • Grigorii Skorupskii
  • Khoa N. Le

Key recent publications include:

  • Using nature's blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals (2020, Science)
  • Atomically precise single-crystal structures of electrically conducting 2D metal-organic frameworks (2020, Nature Materials)
  • Electronic Structure Modeling of Metal-Organic Frameworks (2020, Chemical Reviews)
  • Determining Optical Band Gaps of MOFs (2022, ACS Materials Letters)
  • Soft Mode Metal-Linker Dynamics in Carboxylate MOFs Evidenced by Variable-Temperature Infrared Spectroscopy (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Best Publications

  • Nanocrystals of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites (CsPbX3, X = Cl, Br, and I): Novel Optoelectronic Materials Showing Bright Emission with Wide Color Gamut

    Loredana Protesescu;Loredana Protesescu;Sergii Yakunin;Sergii Yakunin;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk;Franziska Krieg;Franziska Krieg

  • Atomistic Origins of High-Performance in Hybrid Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

    Jarvist M. Frost;Keith T. Butler;Federico Brivio;Christopher H. Hendon

  • Engineering the Optical Response of the Titanium-MIL-125 Metal–Organic Framework through Ligand Functionalization

    Christopher H. Hendon;Davide Tiana;Marc Fontecave;Clément Sanchez

  • Self-assembly of noble metal monolayers on transition metal carbide nanoparticle catalysts

    Sean T. Hunt;Maria Milina;Ana C. Alba-Rubio;Christopher H. Hendon

  • Using nature's blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals

    R. Morris Bullock;Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen;Laura Gagliardi;Paul J. Chirik

  • Signature of Metallic Behavior in the Metal–Organic Frameworks M3(hexaiminobenzene)2 (M = Ni, Cu)

    Jin-Hu Dou;Lei Sun;Yicong Ge;Wenbin Li

  • Grand Challenges and Future Opportunities for Metal-Organic Frameworks

    Christopher H. Hendon;Adam J. Rieth;Maciej D. Korzyński;Mircea Dincă

  • Cation-Dependent Intrinsic Electrical Conductivity in Isostructural Tetrathiafulvalene-Based Microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks

    Sarah S. Park;Eric R. Hontz;Lei Sun;Christopher Holman Hendon

  • Atomically precise single-crystal structures of electrically conducting 2D metal–organic frameworks

    Jin-Hu Dou;Maxx Q. Arguilla;Yi Luo;Yi Luo;Jian Li;Jian Li

  • Million-Fold Electrical Conductivity Enhancement in Fe2(DEBDC) versus Mn2(DEBDC) (E = S, O)

    Lei Sun;Christopher H. Hendon;Mikael A. Minier;Aron Walsh

  • Single Crystals of Electrically Conductive Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks: Structural and Electrical Transport Properties

    Robert W. Day;D. Kwabena Bediako;Mehdi Rezaee;Lucas R. Parent;Lucas R. Parent

  • Conductive metal–organic frameworks and networks: fact or fantasy?

    Christopher H. Hendon;Davide Tiana;Aron Walsh

  • Tracking a Common Surface-Bound Intermediate during CO2-to-Fuels Catalysis

    Anna Wuttig;Can Liu;Qiling Peng;Momo Yaguchi

  • Efficient and tunable one-dimensional charge transport in layered lanthanide metal-organic frameworks

    Grigorii Skorupskii;Benjamin A. Trump;Thomas W. Kasel;Craig M. Brown;Craig M. Brown

  • Electronic Structure Modeling of Metal-Organic Frameworks.

    Jenna L Mancuso;Austin M Mroz;Khoa N Le;Christopher H Hendon

  • Electronic origins of photocatalytic activity in d0 metal organic frameworks.

    Maxim A. Nasalevich;Christopher H. Hendon;Jara G. Santaclara;Katrine Svane

  • Is iron unique in promoting electrical conductivity in MOFs

    Lei Sun;Christopher H. Hendon;Sarah S. Park;Yuri Tulchinsky

  • Electronic chemical potentials of porous metal-organic frameworks.

    Keith T. Butler;Christopher H. Hendon;Aron Walsh

  • Tunable Mixed-Valence Doping toward Record Electrical Conductivity in a Three-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework.

    Lilia S. Xie;Lei Sun;Ruomeng Wan;Sarah Sunah Park

  • Photocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction with Rhodium‐based Catalysts in Solution and Heterogenized within Metal–Organic Frameworks

    Matthew B. Chambers;Xia Wang;Noémie Elgrishi;Christopher H. Hendon

  • Chemical principles underpinning the performance of the metal–organic framework HKUST-1

    Christopher H. Hendon;Aron Walsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Aron Walsh
Aron Walsh Imperial College London
Mircea Dinca
Mircea Dinca Princeton University
Carlo Lamberti
Carlo Lamberti University of Turin
Jorge Gascon
Jorge Gascon King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Guanghui Zhang
Guanghui Zhang Dalian University of Technology
Mohamed Eddaoudi
Mohamed Eddaoudi King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Laura Gagliardi
Laura Gagliardi University of Chicago
Michael D. Pluth
Michael D. Pluth University of Oregon
Craig M. Brown
Craig M. Brown National Institute of Standards and Technology

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